Here’s an idea for a great Christmas gift for anyone you know who would like to read about the adventures of a Vietnam FAC. The Hamfist books are now available as paperback books, in addition to Kindle downloads.

And now, change of topic. If you enjoyed the Hamfist novels, I’d like to ask two favors:

It’s 1968. Hamilton Hancock is on the fast track to become a fighter pilot. He is slated to fly an F-100, F-105 or F-4 in Vietnam. Then, the “needs of the service” intervenes, and he is assigned to fly one of the smallest, slowest aircraft in the Air Force inventory, the O-2A.

Hamilton becomes a Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Vietnam, and picks up the nickname “Hamfist”.

While Hamfist flies in air combat over the Ho Chi Minh Trail and battles an enemy gunner with a deadly record, on the ground he must also battle his inner fears and personal demons.